Monthly Archives: April 2013

Third NEMA/Capitol Hill Word of the Week: helium. (The first two Words of the Week must be either 1) Shaheen and 2) Portman or 1) energy and 2) efficiency.) Yesterday, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced legislation to modernize and…

At yesterday’s hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources a chorus of support swelled for the bipartisan bill, with endorsements by Senators, businesses, and the Department of Energy. The overarching message was music to the…

NEMA took part in a Capitol Hill event on Thursday to reintroduce the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act. President and CEO Evan Gaddis conveyed our thanks to Senators Shaheen and Portman for continuing their vital bipartisan effort. In our…

Dear Mr. President, We at NEMA were delighted when you visited Argonne National Laboratory to raise the curtain on initiatives aimed at delivering a “clean and security energy future” to the nation. One part of the two-part strategy you unveiled…

Recently the U.S. Department of Energy posted the Final Rule for the energy efficiency rulemaking for Distribution Transformers. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/product.aspx/productid/66 While some entities have criticized the Government’s final decision, the DOE Final Rule was largely on target. DOE worked through huge…

A few years ago someone introduced me to the collection of energy flow diagrams published by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Department of Energy, under whose auspices the work was performed. The most recent diagram including the data…

In 2012, I had the honor of being selected as one of the country’s 75 Smart Grid pioneers by Smart Grid Today. Thanks to the luck of alphabetical ordering, it just so happens that my name appears on that list…